Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1888
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TABLE OF DEATHS
Of Inhabitants of the Hackney District between 1st. Jan. and 31st Dec., 1888.
AGES | Under 1 year. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 35. | 35 to 45. | 45 to 55. | 55 to 65. | 65 to 75. | 75 to 85. | 85 and upwards. | Totals. | ||
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Smallpox. | Vaccinated | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Unvacciuated | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Vaccn doubtft | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Measles | 18 | 101 | 8 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 128 | ||
Scarlet Fever | 1 | 27 | 26 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 58 | ||
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Whooping Cough | 51 | 76 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 134 | ||
Diphtheria | 4 | 38 | 26 | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 72 | ||
Simple Fever | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | ||
Enteric Fever | .. | 2 | 9 | .. | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 27 | ||
Other Miasmatic Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Simple Cholera | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||
Diarrhoea, Dysentery. | 50 | 19 | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | 1 | 78 | ||
Ague, Remittent Fever | 2 | .. | l | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | ||
Hydrophobia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Syphilis &c. | 5 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 7 | ||
Erysipelas | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 6 | ||
Pyæmia | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | ||
Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||
Thrush, Vege Parasites | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | ||
Worms, Hydatids | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Want of Breast Milk. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||
Alcoholism | •• | •• | •• | •• | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 542 | |
Constitutional Diseases. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Rheumatic Fever | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 10 | ||
Rheumatism | .. | .. | l | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||
Gout | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 4 | .. | .. | 8 | ||
Rickets | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | ||
Cancer | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 23 | 36 | 35 | 32 | 8 | .. | 140 | ||
Tabes Mesenterica | 44 | 28 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 78 | |||
Tubercular Meningitis | 16 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 50 | ||
Phthisis | 3 | 11 | 8 | 42 | 59 | 75 | 48 | 22 | 10 | 1 | .. | 279 | ||
Scrofula,Tuberculosis | 13 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 45 | ||
Purpura Hæmoraga | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||
Ansemia, Leucocytha. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | ||
Diabetes | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 5 | 7 | .. | .. | 17 | |||
Other Constitutional Diseases | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 639 | |
Developmental. Premature Birth | 103 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 103 | ||
Malformations | 16 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | .. | 12 | 34 | ||
Old Age | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 27 | 91 | 37 | 156 | |||
.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 293 | |||
Carried forward | 337 | 346 | 107 | 68 | 85 | 113 | 100 | 73 | 93 | 100 | 52 | 1474 | 1474 |